Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FUEL QUALITY STANDARDS ACT 2000 - SECT 19

  (1)   If:

  (a)   a person (the supplier ) supplies fuel in Australia to another person and the fuel is the subject of a fuel standard; and

  (aa)   in the case where the fuel standard specifies the circumstances in which the standard applies--the supplier supplies the fuel in Australia in those circumstances; and

  (b)   the supplier is a constitutional corporation or a Commonwealth entity or the supplier supplies the fuel in the course of constitutional trade or commerce; and

  (c)   the other person is not the end - user of the fuel;

the supplier must, within the period prescribed by the regulations, provide the other person with a document or documents containing:

  (d)   a statement as to whether or not the fuel complies with the standard; and

  (e)   any other information relating to the fuel that is prescribed by the regulations.

Penalty:   60 penalty units.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:   For strict liability , see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .